Browse previous selections from the Human Rights Watch Film Festival
(T)ERROR
<p><em>(T)ERROR</em> is the story of Saeed "Shariff" Torres, a 62-year-old former Black Panther-turned-counterterrorism informant for the FBI, and the first documentary to place filmmakers on the ground during an active FBI counterterrorism sting operation.</p>
6x9: An Immersive Experience of Solitary Confinement
Right now, more than 80,000 people are in solitary confinement in the US - locked in tiny concrete boxes where every element of their environment is controlled.
A Right to the Image
In our media-saturated world, victims of wars and mass violations of human rights are often depicted as bodies rather than as individuals.
A Right to the Image with Matt Black
In our hyper-mediatized world, victims of human rights violations are often depicted in terms of bodies rather than individuals.
Almost Holy
Gennadiy Mokhnenko has won accolades for his work rescuing abused, drug- and alcohol-addicted kids from the streets of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, but his methods — including abduction and de facto imprisonment — have made him a figure of much controversy.
Among the Believers
An unsettling and eye-opening exploration into the spread of the radical ideology of the Red Mosque Islamic school in Pakistan, which trains children to devote their lives to jihad, or holy war, from a very young age.
At Home in the World
Multi-award winning filmmaker Andreas Koefoed intimately portrays ordinary children in extraordinary circumstances
Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime
The editor of The Sunday Times during the heyday of investigative journalism, Sir Harold Evans spent over a decade fighting for compensation for the victims of thalidomide, a Nazi-developed drug whose postwar exploitation by British drug companies led to tens of thousands of children being born with serious defects.
Cartel Land
With unprecedented access, Cartel Land is a harrowing look at the journeys of two modern-day vigilante groups and their shared enemy – the murderous Mexican drug cartels.
Chapter & Verse
After serving eight years in prison, reformed gang leader S. Lance Ingram re-enters society and struggles to adapt to a changed Harlem.
Desperate Journey
More than one million asylum seekers and migrants have arrived in Europe by sea.
Dheepan
Winner of the Palme d'Or at last year's Cannes, this powerful drama from director Jacques Audiard (A Prophet, Rust & Bone) follows a former Tamil Tiger soldier as he flees from the aftermath of the Sri Lankan civil war to begin a new life in a Parisian suburb.